Michigan to play Duke in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

10:45 PM,
May 8, 2013

Written by

Proof of Michigan basketball's national profile came today when ESPN announced the ACC/Big Ten Challenge schedule for the 2013-14 season. The Wolverines are slated to travel to Duke on Dec. 3.

The made-for-TV event has tried to match up teams of similar ability in it and with Duke and North Carolina always near the top and the Wolverines often in the middle of the pack or near the bottom, the matchup was never created.

This year, the matchup at Cameron Indoor Stadium is clearly the marquee game of the first night of the two-day event as the Wolverines are projected behind only Michigan State in the ...